Bill Text: TX SB1123 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of Family First specialty license plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1123 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1123-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Perry S.B. No. 1123
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 8, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 8, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Family First specialty license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.675 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.675. FAMILY FIRST LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Family First." The department shall design the plates in
consultation with a representative of the Family First nonprofit
organization.
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the
comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money
deposited to that account may be used only by the Texas Education
Agency to make grants to a nonprofit organization with chapters
operating in schools in this state whose primary purpose is
promoting the importance of fatherhood.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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